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` `IMP:roven/111m" IN PREsERvrNG VARIOUS ARTICLES or' r'oon.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent;` and making part of the same.

`1, HENRY n. mmm if Stillwater, inthe county of' Saratoga. and State ot' `New York, have invented an Improved Modeot'lrescrving Food, of-which the following is a specification. y

` l l Nfl-ture and Objects of the I n'fcenft'ion, The invention consists cf a collapsible capsule, yvhi ch is charged with `food ot' a semi-tluid condition, and hermetically sealed, in suchwaythat by removing the cap o'r stopper a portion may be ejected` by pressure 'on thesides; the vessel retaining` the forin imparted,

c and not allowing the entrance `of air. The stopper is i `then replaced,

fnally.

which agaiir closes the ,capsule eil'cct- Dcscrfqition of the Accompanying Drawing. v ,Figure 1' is an elevation V Figure .lis a longitudinal central section.

` General Desciption..

The `capsule A is niadeof some-flexible material, such as tin, I nadc4 up into -the shape required, in any" nsnalway. s v y I A good incthod isto make it tubular, one end being closed by a. breast, B,`on which is a nipple, G,-

" [threaded to receive the cap'l).

The` lon'cr end, .19, off the' capsule is `bent flat,

, snicarcd with Wax or paraftine; and sea-ined or double i scamcd, so as fto makeV it perlectly airand Water- `iightf .l

The nippleC is hollow, to form a canal for the cx"- pulsion ot'the contents.

The canal `terminates inV a valve-seat, which rcceivcs a little conical plug, G, made by inverting the plate, whicliforms the top ofthe cap.

The plug is formed by a swage or punch, the metal beingsoft and yielding, and-tting into the valve-seat,v

as, the cap is screwed on.

The edible contents of the capsule may consist ofy tea, jellies, 85o. s

`These articles of food are in a semi-fluid condition, and are by this means made convenientlyaccess1ble,

condensed milk, meat extracts, essence of coffee or to use in 'small'.quantities from time to time, closing up the vessel again in its former close order.

It may be well to `put a little paraine or`wax i I around the base of the' nipple, so that the edge of the capcloses down upon it, assisting in making the joint 

